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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Your Weekly Blog => Topic started by: Birna Rørslett on July 01, 2022, 09:22:51
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Post your "blog" contributions here No theme (other than what the passage of time creates), no contest implied, a maximum of one picture per day in the actual month for NG Supporters and no more than 8 images per month for NG members. Enjoy!
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more fruit in my garden....
... the MC 2.8/105S continues to amaze me
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more fruit in my garden....
... the MC 2.8/105S continues to amaze me
True!
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July 1
Flowers are all i can do now at the moment
Z6 - 105mm f/2.8S
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A pair of cumulonimbus in the style of shape echo.
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Very nice sky, Akira.
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Bike Cleaner at the nearby MTB route. Not for free, hence the "disappointed" stance of the biker.
Nikon Z6 + Nikkor Z 24-70mm f4 S
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52186955489_a47087b8af_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nvzMGD)Z6_DSC9445 (https://flic.kr/p/2nvzMGD) by Luc de Schepper (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucdeschepper/), on Flickr
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Very nice sky, Akira.
Thank you, Luc!
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The beginning of yet another crazily hot day...
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Wow Akira, love this one. Size is unreal, it works with impact of the red surrounded by the grey-syraightlines-manmadr, it dwarfs dverithing and steaks the thunder. The overall atmosphere is spot on. Reality surpass imagination.
Thanks for sharing it!
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A spider on my porch this afternoon
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Wow! This spider is sharp!! Which lens, please?
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Border at dusk
Df, 16mm f/3.5 fisheye
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The beginning of yet another crazily hot day...
Great image, how hot will it get!?
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Wow! This spider is sharp!! Which lens, please?
It's a 105 2.8 S. Nice lens, great for details if you can keep the spider in one place.
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Flowers of the Indian Pokeweed
Z6 105MC
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True!
Sure
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The beginning of yet another crazily hot day...
Super shot Akira. Belle framing ! Agree with Paco's comments.
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The beginning of yet another crazily hot day...
Grey City Hot Star Good Summary of Situation!
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The excellent quality of the 105mm f/2.8S is our focus
'Global'
Z6, 105mm f/2.8S
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Wow Akira, love this one. Size is unreal, it works with impact of the red surrounded by the grey-syraightlines-manmadr, it dwarfs dverithing and steaks the thunder. The overall atmosphere is spot on. Reality surpass imagination.
Thanks for sharing it!
Thank you, Paco, for your poetic comment! Glad you enjoy the image.
Great image, how hot will it get!?
Thank you, Fons. The temperature has gone higher than than 35 degree Celsius for the past seven days. What makes it worse is the typical high humidity in this season as well as the temperature remaining over 25 degree in the night...
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The excellent quality of the 105mm f/2.8S is our focus
'Global'
Z6, 105mm f/2.8S
Love the endearing rendition!
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Love the endearing rendition!
Thank you Akira
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Agree - me too.
Love the endearing rendition!
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A different take on close-ups. Here a colony mainly of the Greater Duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza captured with Laowa 24mm f/14 "endoscope" lens on Z6. at approx. 2X (in front). 40 frames stacked in Zerene. Gusts of wind buffeting the water surface necessitated a pre-mature end to the stacking thus the background had to glide into unsharpness.
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I'd planned more shots but my battery died :(
Reggae music played on a rig that Mark Lee takes around on a shopping trolley
(unconventional, but highly effective & surprisingly foot tapping)
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Covered with flowers, the recently unveiled monument for the Slavery victims
Z6 105MC
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You guys are no making it easy with the 105mc.... lovely work.
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The tourists
Z6, 24-70mm f4S
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I'd planned more shots but my battery died :(
Reggae music played on a rig that Mark Lee takes around on a shopping trolley
(unconventional, but highly effective & surprisingly foot tapping)
Nice mini "sound system"!
Covered with flowers, the recently unveiled monument for the Slavery victims
Z6 105MC
An image telling a deep story...
The tourists
Z6, 24-70mm f4S
An exemplary street photo. Nice!
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The tourists
Z6, 24-70mm f4S
Excellent street
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Had our Alpacas sheared yesterday.
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Agree - me too.
thank you Hugh
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Allium sphaerocephalon, or roundheaded garlic
Zfc - 105mm f/2.8s
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Hollyhock
z6 105mc
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Thank you Akira, Fons. She is such a character :)
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The famous statue of Beethoven in the the City Center of Bonn has been renovated and is back...
Full Doku in "[Series] Beethoven returns..."
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July 5
Hemerocallis variety
D850, afs58mm f/1.4
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The grub of the leaf mining moth Phyllocnitis labyrinthella makes a long track across an aspen leaf. The track never crosses itself and eventually will end at the leaf border, where the little grub enters pupation. The very edge is bent over at the pupation site and "glued" in position by silky threads.
The dark central string in the mining track is a frass line the appearance of which is diagnostic for this species. 'Frass' being the very scientific term for 'insect poop', by the way.
Laowa 100nmm f/2.8 on Z6, at 1.5X magnification. 24 frames stacked in Zerene.
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Birna, your images of intricate natural patterns are always a pleasure to watch. And the extra info is appreciated.
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Rustpunt / Rest Point. These e-bikes for sharing are literally all over the place in my hometown.
Nikon Z6 + Nikkor Z 24-50mm f4-6.3
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52196471659_33fbd3992c_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nwqywx)Z6_DSC9460 (https://flic.kr/p/2nwqywx) by Luc de Schepper (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucdeschepper/), on Flickr
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Subway minimal stairs.
Z6, 24-70mm f4s
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My daughter posing for me.
Nikon Z6, 85mm f/1.8S.
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Subway minimal stairs.
Z6, 24-70mm f4s
Very nice. For some reason it reminds me of a series I've been watching, Irma Vep, in a spooky, silent film sort of way.
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Despite the turbulence in the country, farmer protests over planned landgrab, the elderly, virtually robbed of their pensions, show complacency.
Zfc, 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3
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Despite the turbulence in the country, farmer protests over planned landgrab, the elderly, virtually robbed of their pensions, show complacency.
Nicely illustrated Fons, though I missed seeing discontent on my recent visit.
Guess the big pensions change is a forced moved from defined benefit?
The last time I had a chance to be in one of those was 2002. At present, I don't think many UK employers force a move, but many make DB unattractive for employees to continue in. Virtually no employer has offered these to people joining a company for many, many years.
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Pensions are people's savings through many years of labour, a lot of money amassed to be envious of for the already rich and greedy, getting even greedier. So they create inflation, and we are on the brink of hyperinflation, which is just another word for theft.
But lets not get in to that for much more to say about this situation. Thank you.
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Subway minimal stairs.
Z6, 24-70mm f4s
Great abstraction. I love it!
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Great abstraction. I love it!
+1
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Two weeks in Le Mans (F) covering the 24 hours car endurance race.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52185880403_3a0a86da01_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nvuh7F)
_D655764-Modifier.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nvuh7F)
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Searching for alternate lenses for doing IR with my modified Z5 & Z6 cameras, I retrieved the old Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.5 lenses from their retreat. The oldest model has 72mm filter, low contrast, only focus to 1m, and is very sharp. The newer model has 62mm filter, slightly higher contrast but a tad less sharp than its predecessor, and focusses to 0.6m and has a "macro" feature as well. These old zooms are also distinguished by low amounts of geometric distortion and good control of chromatic aberrations.
Both delivered crisp IR images without any trace of hot spots, thus I need to avail myself of these for upcoming forays into the "wild". I ended up opting for the 35-70 #62mm thread as this model was easier to fit with a lens shade (using the HK-15). The 850 filters from UVIR Optics have shallow front threads and one cannot add shades directly to them.
A test shot to verify the lens indeed has no hot spot. I have tested the lenses from wide open to f/22 and there is nothing to be seen anywhere.
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Searching for alternate lenses for doing IR with my modified Z5 & Z6 cameras, I retrieved the old Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.5 lenses from their retreat.
Good luck on your mission Birna.
As well as the photographic qualities, that is a brain scrambling image.
I gradually worked out there was a window frame running across, then more slowly, that the "ground" at the top (above the dark IR sky) was the reflection in the open skylight....
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July 7
giant hogweed
Zfc 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3
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July 7
giant hogweed
Zfc 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3
Pardon my asking but are you sure? I thought that giant hogweed had red-purple splotches on the stem. Cow parsnip looks similar but is smaller and lacks the splotches.
Great photograph regardless!
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It's obviously one of the huge Eurasian species. The red blotches of the Giant Hogweed are mainly seen at the lower parts of the stem and peduncles.
Any if these species are vile, potentially phototoxic, and allergenic plants so care should be taken in handling them.
I trust Fons correctly identified his subject.
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Ian maybe right giant hogwood grows tall like meters these were about 2 meters sorry about being rash to identify the sight of a field them was catching, thanks!
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No apologies necessary, Fons. One of my colleagues had a nasty brush with giant hogweed recently, hence my curiosity.
Birna, thanks for the warning that its relatives are worth avoiding too.
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We have a very nasty representative of the Hogweeds up in Arctic Norway, where it grows to enormous size. I have seen them 4m tall and they according to local lore can extend even further. It goes by the name of "Tromsø Palm" and was brought as an ornamental garden plant by seafarers a long time ago (from the Orient, apparently; its scientific name is believed to be Heracleum persicum). It quickly found gardens to be too confined habitat and dispersed rapidly elsewhere in the coastal lowlands up North, causing trouble by its phototoxicity and ability to cause slow-healing skin lesions.
Down south, we have the Giant Hogweed invasion which is of more recent origin than the Tromsø Palm, but at least the plant is equally noxious and troublesome.
We in addition have two native species of Hogweed that rarely stand more than 1m tall and fortunately lack the phytotoxicity of their outlandish relatives.
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New Shopping street
Z9 58G
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Great abstraction. I love it!
Yes beautiful
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These colors look Ukranian but I guess this flag hints to some religious celebration. I love the women in gren framed by Eduardo Chilida. That is why I took the picture.
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Yellow and Blue is very frequent colour combination in the coat of arms of various cities in Europe. Also the colours of the City Tilburg.
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Hibiscus syriacus.
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Shadows and light 8)
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Thank you all for the comments. That stair was at the subway in Barcelona. I have a brief but wonderful time there.
Mr. Jakov, shadows and light! That's what is all about :)
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Snow, finally. is melting in the mountains and water flow is rapidly increasing in our rivers. The warning sign just below our local run-of-river hydropower facility should really be heeded. Nobody would survive long in that cold, seething whirlpool flow.
Fuji S5, false-colour IR emulation, Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/4 lens.
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Shadows and light 8)
Great shot, Jakov.
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Great shots as usual in this blog :)
Leaving Piraeus port
Z6 300pf + 1.4x trying to decrease lens quality, but its impossible
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The MC 105S turns a normal scene into something bewitched
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Shadows and light 8)
Delightful :)
I really like that the shadows are both fuzzy and sharp.
Enjoy Jakov
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giant hogweed
Malevolent Fons
Also, one of my favourite Genesis songs that might also appeal to the guitarist side of you...
https://youtu.be/WjPS3mqz_Y0
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July 8
Den Burg today, the proclamation of the free republic of Tessel, which means not
accepting rules and regulations from the government.
Texel being an island in the Waddensea,
Z fc, 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3
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Sleeping cowboy. Nap time can come around unexpectedly when you're a tired wrangler. D700, Nikkor 35/1.8 lens.
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Bike road with obstacles
Z6 35-70/3.5 Ai-S
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July 8
Den Burg today, the proclamation of the free republic of Tessel, which means not
accepting rules and regulations from the government.
Texel being an island in the Waddensea,
Z fc, 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3
“ Het mooie eiland Texel “. Spent some time there during my several stays at Den Helder, when I was in the Navy. ;)
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July 9
Windmill at Oudeschild
Z6, 105mm f/2.8S
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“ Het mooie eiland Texel “. Spent some time there during my several stays at Den Helder, when I was in the Navy. ;)
Thank you Floyd
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July 10
Dunescape, the Slufter, Texel
Fireweed, rosebay willowherb, (Epilobium, Chamaenerion angustifolium).
Z6, 20mm f/1.8S
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My ophthalmologist during a follow-up exam after my recent cataract surgery. He did not do the surgery, it was done by another specialist in his group but he is my regular doctor. He says my vision continues to improve. Right now I can see better at distance without my eyeglasses but the close and medium distances are driving me crazy. I juggle between standard Ray-Ban sunglasses, reading glasses and my old progressive glasses. We'll see how things progress over the next month.
D700, 35/1.8 Nikkor G lens.
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D850 & 300mm PF pano
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My ophthalmologist during a follow-up exam after my recent cataract surgery. He did not do the surgery, it was done by another specialist in his group but he is my regular doctor. He says my vision continues to improve. Right now I can see better at distance without my eyeglasses but the close and medium distances are driving me crazy. I juggle between standard Ray-Ban sunglasses, reading glasses and my old progressive glasses. We'll see how things progress over the next month.
D700, 35/1.8 Nikkor G lens.
Nice image, excellent b&w conversion. I hope your eyesight at close and medium distances improves!
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My ophthalmologist during a follow-up exam after my recent cataract surgery. He did not do the surgery, it was done by another specialist in his group but he is my regular doctor. He says my vision continues to improve. Right now I can see better at distance without my eyeglasses but the close and medium distances are driving me crazy. I juggle between standard Ray-Ban sunglasses, reading glasses and my old progressive glasses. We'll see how things progress over the next month.
D700, 35/1.8 Nikkor G lens.
Beautiful image of the man. Sensitive. Calm. I do wish a speedy recovery too!
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Yesterday was the big parade of the gay pride in Madrid. Streets packed with people celebrating. Today the citie is still covered with colorful flags. May the shadow of love and understanding be long and the colors fill the air.
Z6, 24-70mm f4
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full of emotions Paco - love it
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full of emotions Paco - love it
+1
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Yesterday was the big parede of the gay pride in Madrid. Streets packed with people celebrating. Today the citie is still covered with colorful flags. May the shadow of love and understanding be long and the colors fill the air.
Z6, 24-70mm f4
Paco Paco Paco ... Wonderful
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Thank you for the appreciation. The energy in the city was very special.
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Paco Paco Paco!
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Superb photo, paco!
And a big thank you to both you and luc for the good wishes.
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Thank you both. Happy you like it! :)
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Yesterday was the big parade of the gay pride in Madrid. Streets packed with people celebrating. Today the citie is still covered with colorful flags. May the shadow of love and understanding be long and the colors fill the air.
Z6, 24-70mm f4
Fantastic image, Paco.
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July 11
seaside
Z6, 20mm f/1.8S
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Paco Paco Paco!
+1 :)
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Yesterday was the big parade of the gay pride in Madrid. Streets packed with people celebrating. Today the citie is still covered with colorful flags. May the shadow of love and understanding be long and the colors fill the air.
Z6, 24-70mm f4
Beautiful Drama, Paco.
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Cactus
Z6 Ai-S 35-70 /3.5 and Close up lens T6.
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July 12
Epilobium angustifolium, Fireweed close-up
Z6, 105mm f/2.8s
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Thank you Luc, Bent, John, much appreciated
An image of immigrants trying to sell goods in downtown Madrid.
Z6, 85mm 1.8s
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"you are pure" Candy shop neon signs in Madrid.
Z6, 85mm 1.8s
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Details in the summer snow.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214402449_b1e7999b59_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ny1sJ6)
Sumarsnø (https://flic.kr/p/2ny1sJ6) by Asle Feten (https://www.flickr.com/photos/afoton/), on Flickr
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Very very nice :)
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July 13
Ships port of Oudeschild
Z6, 24mm f/1.8S
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Very very nice :)
Indeed. Beautiful Asle!
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Street views. Downtown Madrid.
Z6, 50mm 1.8s
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"you are pure" Candy shop neon signs in Madrid.
Z6, 85mm 1.8s
Fantastic representation of this graffiti-like neon sign.
Details in the summer snow.
Love the framing!
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Nice photo Paco.
The woman's disdain as she looks at the discarded e-scooter reflects my own - our city streets are littered with scooters - just dropped wherever their riders choose for the rest of us to step around or trip over.
Street views. Downtown Madrid.
Z6, 50mm 1.8s
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Street views. Downtown Madrid.
Z6, 50mm 1.8s
Perfect moment and framing
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Details in the summer snow.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214402449_b1e7999b59_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ny1sJ6)
Sumarsnø (https://flic.kr/p/2ny1sJ6) by Asle Feten (https://www.flickr.com/photos/afoton/), on Flickr
Good to cool us down in hot Europe
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July 14
Falling from the sky
Z6, 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E
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Summer Party
Z6 24-70/2.8s
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July 15
Signs of farmers' protest an upside down national flag.
Z fc, 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3
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July 16
Installation
Den Hoorn, Texel
Z6, 20mm f/1.8s
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Anise hyssop.
First outdoor image captured with my new (actually new!) TV-Heligon 42mm 0.75.
Finding a lot of vignetting adapted to Z, so am experimenting with DX mode and square format.
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Great stuff from Texel, Fons.
Indian Pokeweed in the hot garden
Z6 / 105MC
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Great stuff from Texel, Fons.
Indian Pokeweed in the hot garden
Z6 / 105MC
Thank you John
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July 17
Streetview on Skil
Z6, 24mm f/1.8s
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Maison Charlier, built 1900 in Art Nouveau style. Spa Belgium.
Nikon Z6 + Nikkor Z 24-50mm f4-6.3
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52221971183_8162b3c40d_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nyFfDv)Z6_DSC9478 (https://flic.kr/p/2nyFfDv) by Luc de Schepper (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucdeschepper/), on Flickr
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Chestnut leaf
Z6 105MC
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Maison Charlier, built 1900 in Art Nouveau style. Spa Belgium.
Great details, Luc.
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July 18
Hot day stay in the shade
Zfc - 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3
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July 16
Installation
Den Hoorn, Texel
Z6, 20mm f/1.8s
July 18
Hot day stay in the shade
Zfc - 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3
July 14
Falling from the sky
Z6, 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E
Fons, I very much like the composition in all this three images. Lovely rhythm and reading of the frame.
I may take a look at cropping some sky on the right-hand side of the flying people as it may make it more surreal...
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Thank you all for the nice comments.
Today, a few leading lines in the subway. I'm still way behind sorting out the images because I'm on vacation and shamelessly lying on the beach 8)
Z6, 24-70mm f4.
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Thank you so much Paco! Great stairway shot.
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Sister Shot. Brighton.
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Dusk scene.
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Close to 40 degrees Celcius today,
A cold beer on a terrace
Z6 105MC
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Nice choice John, it make me thirsty ;D
Akira, lovely spot. This time, even more dramatic lighting. The reds in the sky like coming straight from "stranger things"
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Part of a rehearsal in Barcelona.
Z6 with the 24-70mm f4. I was not prepared, gear wise, for this shot. I had to crank up the iso and gert closer. The results were different than usual. Limitation is inspiration ;)
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Thanks Paco
Part of a rehearsal in Barcelona.
Z6 with the 24-70mm f4. I was not prepared, gear wise, for this shot. I had to crank up the iso and gert closer. The results were different than usual. Limitation is inspiration ;)
Despite the 'limitation' an intriguing image. ;) like the contrast between movement and non-movement
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July 19
Hot day on the beach
Zfc, 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E
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Akira, lovely spot. This time, even more dramatic lighting. The reds in the sky like coming straight from "stranger things"
Thank you, Paco. I shot the same sky with my Sigma fp with the 45mm lens, but preferred this one shot with my iPhone SE2 with a 26mm-equivalent lens because of the very reason you pointed out.
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The annual fair has arrived in Tilburg and will start Friday evening. After two years nearly non existent because of Covid now finally without any restrictions
Waiting to be installed....
Z9 58G
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July 20
Seaside
Z6, 85mm f/1.8s
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Thanks PacoDespite the 'limitation' an intriguing image. ;) like the contrast between movement and non-movement
Thanks John, so do I!
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Yesterday evening. One of the many big boats crossing from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, as seeing from La Línea de la Concepción.
Z6, 300mm 2.8 vrII
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July 21,
Mill 'Het Noorden', Texel
Zfc, 56mm f/1,4
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Great colours in that sky, Paco.
Beautiful landscape with that mill, Fons !!
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Control wheel in one of the oldest sewage treatment plant in Europe.
Z9 58G
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I like the sandstone walls of this church. Z6ii & Z 50mm f/1.8
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In this little corner of the Mediterranean, the rocks create a series of little natural pools that get warmer during the day. We spent countless hours swimming there as kids.
D3s, 24-70mm 2.8 vrII
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Kootenai Falls NW Montana.
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Great colours in that sky, Paco.
Beautiful landscape with that mill, Fons !!
Thank you John
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July 22
the ferry to the mainland
Zfc, 23mm f/1.4
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Press attention during the official opening of the Tilburg Fair
Z9/58G
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July 22
the ferry to the mainland
Zfc, 23mm f/1.4
Lovely shot Fons, the contrast with the view and the interior.
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Plants in bags
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complementary colors - Z6ii & Z50mm f/1.8
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Press attention during the official opening of the Tilburg Fair
Z9/58G
This combo showing great clarity
Lovely shot Fons, the contrast with the view and the interior.
Thanks John
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lovely 58G...
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Radiating sunset.
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I truly love this effect Akira
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It's a good year for roses -
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On the road I saw red
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July 22
the ferry to the mainland
Zfc, 23mm f/1.4
+++++
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Thank you Frank
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Grass
Z6, 105mm f/2.8s
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A flock of sheep high up in the French Alps.
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This combo showing great clarity
Thanks John
Thanks Fons.
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A flock of sheep high up in the French Alps.
Love that light, and the framing, Kim !
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I truly love this effect Akira
Glad you like it, Daniel!
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Garden
D3s - 200mm f/2vr
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The Alderman of the Tilburg Fair: Maarten van Asten
Z9 58G
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Clouds are free.
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Great page you guys, from Akira's first and last clouds, to Fons fantastic show of those two lenses in use, to John's gentle portrait, Kim's sheep lighting and framing and the effect of Daniell's complementary colors...thanks for the treats!
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A visit with flowers.
Z6, 50mm 1.8S
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North Devon
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North Devon
Nice one, Frank!
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North Devon
Nice overview Frank, enjoy your trip!
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Great page you guys, from Akira's first and last clouds, to Fons fantastic show of those two lenses in use, to John's gentle portrait, Kim's sheep lighting and framing and the effect of Daniell's complementary colors...thanks for the treats!
Thank you so much Paco!
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Granddaughter
Zfc, Viltrox 56mm f/1.4
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Great page you guys, from Akira's first and last clouds, to Fons fantastic show of those two lenses in use, to John's gentle portrait, Kim's sheep lighting and framing and the effect of Daniell's complementary colors...thanks for the treats!
Thank you, Paco. It's great to inspire each other!
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3rd try ... Gull @24mm and making of...
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Thanks Paco. Cool shots, Frank !
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A flock of sheep high up in the French Alps.
Very nice image Kim. I do notice some dust or oil spots on the image, looks like a sensor cleaning is due.
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Cool shots, Frank !
Indeed!
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Pink Mondag on the Tilburg Fair. A very big event.
An overview of the posters during those years...
Z6 24-70/2.8S
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Another corner of my childhood. So many happy memories from this spot.
Z6, 24-70mm f4
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3rd try ... Gull @24mm and making of...
Love the shot Frank! what a character in a cool environmental portrait
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Granddaughter
Zfc, Viltrox 56mm f/1.4
Gorgeous.
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Gorgeous.
Thank you Paco, you are a true (he)artist ;)
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Very nice image Kim. I do notice some dust or oil spots on the image, looks like a sensor cleaning is due.
Thanks Luc. You are probably right about the need of cleaning the sensor.
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July 26
Gardenshot, Agapanthus
Z6, 105mm f/2.8S
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Got my early-bird offer on the new AF Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 native Z(DX)-mount lens today. I must say the lens surpasses all my expectations, this is really really good, for the rather low price (kickstarter price just a tad above $200, with free shipping included), it must be unbeatable.
On my return from today's visit to my GP, I shot this snap of the Communist Resistance WW2 monument situated down town Oslo. Not only is the lens razor sharp with great colours, it has very low geometric distortion as well, just a vestige of moustache distortion at the very edges. Chromatic nasties seem pretty much gone too, at least when the lens is stopped a bit down. If my time schedule permits, I'll do a more in-depth test but at present Birna is happy with her new toy for the Z fc.
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Got my early-bird offer on the new AF Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 native Z(DX)-mount lens today. I must say the lens surpasses all my expectations, this is really really good, for the rather low price (kickstarter price just a tad above $200, with free shipping included), it must be unbeatable.
On my return from today's visit to my GP, I shot this snap of the Communist Resistance WW2 monument situated down town Oslo. Not only is the lens razor sharp with great colours, it has very low geometric distortion as well, just a vestige of moustache distortion at the very edges. Chromatic nasties seem pretty much gone too, at least when the lens is stopped a bit down. If my time schedule permits, I'll do a more in-depth test but at present Birna is happy with her new toy for the Z fc.
Actually it does look good, prices have gone up for the viltrox 13 to around 400 and some offerings are over 500 in euros.
I wonder how it compares to the nikkor z 20mm f/1.8s on ff. Looking forward to you further findings, thanks.
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Moths (Zygaena sp.) on flower (Scabiosa).
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Moths (Zygaena sp.) on flower (Scabiosa).
Nice, not in Danmark i think.
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July 27
Nondescript
Zfc, 23mm f/1.4
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A hot July day. The Central Trainstation and Bicycle garage
Z6 24-70/2.8
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Nice, not in Norway i think.
Thanks Fons! No not in Norway - in the French Alps. B.t.w. my home is in Denmark :)
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Undskyld Kim!
I changed the country.
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A very famous rock. People have been jumping from here since I can remember.
Jumping with an audience.
Z6, 24-70mm f4
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Ominous cumulonimbus.
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Geometry, a spider and a running girl in pink
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Part of the Tilburg fair, LunaLunaLuna
Z9 58G
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impossible to post images
Try harder
I needed 2 or 3 times
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Won't work
"Secure Connection Failed
An error occurred during a connection to nikongear.net. PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR
The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem."
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Try again.
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Try again.
I tried updating my post #194 with an image, that didn't work. Also images are gone (or not visible to me) in post 187, 188 and 191.
I tried a new post with an image, and got the same message as mentioned before. (I tried different browsers)
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Blue light campinghttps://flic.kr/p/2nAR3y9
(https://flic.kr/p/2nAR3y9)
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Won't work
"Secure Connection Failed
An error occurred during a connection to nikongear.net. PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR
The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem."
I have the same issues - gave up after many retries yesterday evening and today. First timeouts then secure connection failed
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Images seem to have disappeared in various posts.
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There was no Image in post #191 and I thought it was me being me.... Tried to upload again and it shows now.
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In the Park
Z9 58G
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There was no Image in post #191 and I thought it was me being me.... Tried to upload again and it shows now.
Yes ! It works again. Image is back in #188 and #194
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The guitar teacher at Algeciras, Spain.
Z6, 50mm 1.8S
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The guitar teacher at Algeciras, Spain.
Z6, 50mm 1.8S
Nice portrait! Love the atmosphere radiating from the guitarist.
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Wasn't sure if this belonged in "Clouds" or "Birds" so opted for July 2022
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Recently, Ruth and I travelled down south on the Norwegian coastline to visit friends and for me, also to have the opportunity to search for fungi of the enigmatic phylum Entorrhizomycota, a tiny tiny biotic phylum comprising three genera and around 20 species (thus far). They have a history going back millions of years and specialise on parasitizing rushes and sedges, on the roots of which they form galls and swellings. The spores are passively dispersed when the affected roots die off later (by natural courses). The subterranean existence and the fact that the host plant seems to be unbothered by the presence of the fungus has lead to most occurrences of the Enterorrhiza go undetected. You actually have to dig up the plant and wash out the roots to find the galls, which often are tiny just a few mm in length. Precisely the kind of challenge that appeals to my nerdier side :)
Here I am washing the roots of the rush Juncus articulatus (not to be confused by the big clumps of J. effusus in the foreground) and indeed found galls of Enterorrhiza casparyana on its roots. On such occasions standing in dirt and foul, smelling water is of minor concern.
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Blue light campinghttps://flic.kr/p/2nAR3y9
(https://flic.kr/p/2nAR3y9)
Poor internet connexion while travelling
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Serenity
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Hm. Power lines and an artificial weir in the river tell about man's influence, even in this beautiful landscape.
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Today was such a nice meetup with our old friend Anthony and his lovely wife. We met for lunch at Ottolenghi's to enjoy some of the best food offerd in the City.
Later Beate and me went on a long walk to enjoy the stark contrasts between the cattle and their keepers. To me it felt like a dark dytopic scene from a SciFi movie.
This scene is at the Marstalls in Mayfair. My interest was of the architectural kind, seeing the air conditioning planned to be built into this monument protected building. Gosh.
A young security person rushed by to control my behavior telling us the ensemble of building belongs to a private club annabelles.co.uk ... Another Gosh.
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Hm. Power lines and an artificial weir in the river tell about man's influence, even in this beautiful landscape.
Indeed Birna it troubles me as well to see so many powerlines everywhere and it spoils our photos. Or I should have moved to a better spot.
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There is a saying amongst nature photographers when they set up for a shot of a scenic river or lake: where are the power lines? Sometimes one only discovers them later when the image is processed :)
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It is one of my dilemmas - do you edit the lines out and disguise the truth or do you leave them in? Sometimes a change in position can get them out of the picture - but sometimes this is easier said than done, particularly if personal risk is involved.
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Editing out any object the photographer finds disturbing eventually leads down a slippery slope. However, for non-documentary work you can do whatever you want, as long as you don't pretend the outcome to be showing "the truth".
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For anyone nerdy enough to wonder about my root gall fungi, here are a pictorial summary of Entorrhiza casparyana on roots of Juncus articulatus.
Lower panel: two galls showing the younger and brighter tips and the older, darker region where mature spores accumulate.
Upper panel: two spores at 1000X. They have very thick walls, up to 5 µm, and the ornamentation of the outer wall is very peculiar with lots of wart-like protrusions. The spores are 22-26 µm wide, almost globose, embedded in a matrix of decaying cells and fungal hyphae, and are dispersed into the wild later with the roots die off. So the dispersal of that fungus is a slow process and needs some assistance of water to be effective at all. This tiny phylum has been around for million of years apparently, so outdo us humans by orders of magnitude -- food for thought?
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Beautiful Birna
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Since May I am in a process of selling (and cleaning) my house to buy another one with my girlfriend. For me it's an intense period, removing things you stocked up for 35 years and so on.
The need for to relax in nature is needed ;)
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The feather from an unidentified bird found in my yard this weekend. Approximately 21 cm long - big bird.